NEWS OF THE WEEK SCIENCE
POLICY
SCIENCE INDICATORS NSB's biennial report shows science and engineering is increasingly global
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LTHOUGH THE U.S. REMAINS
a world leader in science and technology, Asian countries
SCHOOLED China is overtaking the U.S. in natural science and engineering degrees Degrees awarded, thousands 500 Engineering I Natural sciences M Social/behavioral sciences
400
300 200 100
0 1991 2002 U.S.
1991 2002 China3
1991 2002 Japan3
1991 2002 Germany13
a Values for 2002 for mathematics and computer sciences, part of natural sciences, are not available, b Values for 1991 and 2002 include both "short" and "long" degrees. SOURCE: National Science Foundation, "Science & Engineering Indicators 2006"
CHEMICAL
such as China are gaining on that lead, according to "Science & En gineering Indicators 2006." The report, which also shows that Eu ropean Union countries andJapan are losing ground, was released by the National Science Board (NSB) on Feb. 23. In addition to international sci ence and technology trends, the report includes information specific to the U.S. For example, the report states that growth in science and engineering jobs in the U.S. out paced the number of U.S. science and engineering degrees awarded. Also, the reportfindsthat, in 2003, one-third of U.S. science and engi neering doctorates and more than half of engineering doctorates were earned by foreign students.
WEAPONS
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